Earth Facts and Pictures
- Human Population of the Earth is 7 billion as of November 2011
- The earth is 4.5 to 4.6 billion years old
- The earth is the 3rd planet from the sun
- The longest river in Earth is The Nile River which is located in Africa. The Nile River is 6,695 kilometers long.
- Earth has only one NATURAL satellite; the moon
- Antarctica is the coldest recorded place on earth
- There are 10 million species of life on earth
- There are more than 6,800 different languages on earth
- Mount Everest is the highest point on the surface
- Earth releases 1 million earthquakes a year; most are never noticed or recorded
- The Earth is not actually round, its slightly flat on the top and the bottom poles
